Within hours of being sworn in as chief minister on Sunday, Mayawati carried out a major administrative reshuffling in her secretariat, creating the post of a cabinet secretary and appointing her principal secretaries.

Mayawati appointed Shashank Shekhar Singh as the cabinet secretary and vice chairman of the State Planning Commission.

The chief minister appointed Shailesh Krishna and V K Sharma, both senior IAS officers as her Principal Secretaries.